A researcher prepares to inspect camels killed during an aerial shoot in central Australia in 2014.

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Feral camels have reached 'plague proportions'

Leonard Snell's family has owned the 405,000-hectare Wongawol Station since the 1950s and also runs the similar-sized Carnegie Station.

Mr Snell said the camels had reached "plague proportions" and a significant cull was needed.

He said camel shooters at Carnegie Station had been firing so many rounds that they almost ran out and had to borrow ammunition from their neighbours at Prenti Downs Station.

"We've supported any aerial cull they've had, but I don't think they've been very effective," he said.

"It takes up a considerable amount of time for pastoralists because you've got to go shoot them and then drag them away from water points.

"I don't know how many cattle would be dying or perishing because the camels have drunk all the water.

"You can't handle them [camels]. There are people who want to buy them but the price they're offering is not even worth trying to herd them because they're a sod of an animal to handle, they just wreck everything."

Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan says a long-term plan is being developed to tackle feral camels.

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WA's Agriculture Minister, Alannah MacTiernan, said she would be speaking to the GNRBA to discuss what could be done and how her department might be able to help.

"Longer term, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is developing a state-wide strategic plan for effective management of large feral herbivores, which includes camels," she said.

Mr Carmody said the amount of damage camels caused was hard to comprehend.

"The camel is a survivor and they can drink about 200 litres of water in a minute and a half, so if a big mob hit your water point and it's unprotected, they will drain your tanks and then your cattle are left with no water," he said.

"The camels will push cattle away, they're a big animal, they're a very powerful animal, and they will keep the other animals away."